Self-Employed, Female (As % of Female Workforce) rose 3.08% to 1.37% in Saudi Arabia in 2020, according to World Bank.
Historically, Self-Employed, Female (As % of Female Workforce) in Saudi Arabia reached an all time high of 2.79% in 2009 and an all time low of 1.19% in 2013. When compared to Saudi Arabia's main peers, Self-Employed, Female (As % of Female Workforce) in Iraq amounted to 9.61%, 3.37% in Jordan, 3.54% in United Arab Emirates and 70.2% in Yemen in 2020.
Saudi Arabia has been ranked 171st within the group of 173 countries we follow in terms of Self-Employed, Female (As % of Female Workforce), 1 place below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Self-Employed, Female (As % of Female Workforce) | Unit | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Bahrain | % | 3.12% | 3.06% | 3.03% | 3.04% | 3.06% | ||||||||||||||||
| Djibouti | % | 45.1% | 44.5% | 43.7% | 43.2% | 42.5% | ||||||||||||||||
| Eritrea | % | 85.9% | 86.7% | 86.1% | 87.0% | 86.2% | ||||||||||||||||
| Iran | % | 43.0% | 43.7% | 44.8% | 43.8% | 44.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| Iraq | % | 27.3% | 22.1% | 16.1% | 9.16% | 5.94% | ||||||||||||||||
| Israel | % | 8.36% | 8.41% | 8.57% | 8.52% | 9.34% | ||||||||||||||||
| Jordan | % | 2.47% | 2.42% | 2.37% | 2.34% | 2.31% | ||||||||||||||||
| Kuwait | % | 0.360% | 0.310% | 0.600% | 0.530% | 0.520% | ||||||||||||||||
| Oman | % | 4.56% | 4.49% | 4.47% | 4.49% | 4.45% | ||||||||||||||||
| Qatar | % | 0.400% | 0.390% | 0.390% | 0.400% | 0.480% | ||||||||||||||||
| Saudi Arabia | % | 1.39% | 1.35% | 1.30% | 1.32% | 1.34% | ||||||||||||||||
| Syria | % | 10.3% | 9.57% | 9.06% | 8.52% | 8.08% | ||||||||||||||||
| United Arab Emirates | % | 1.24% | 1.25% | 1.31% | 2.50% | 3.74% | ||||||||||||||||
| Yemen | % | 67.0% | 64.9% | 64.4% | 63.3% | 62.0% |
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